I seldom reply to Dee, since I do not have AHB so cannot relate to her experience. Maybe, in time, we all will 
have AHB and share common ground. But then, again, I do live in Maine and she in Arizona, so climate might be a 
bit different.

Since the Formic Acid issue seems to be "harm to the bee", I can only say that if Formic kills some bees (it 
does) harms some drone (it does) but does so in the less than 10% range and only during application, then I 
would take that as manageable compared to 100% loss.

Bill Truesdell( Disclaimer and confession -Even though I raise my fruits and veggies organically, I am not that 
pure since I did have our Doctor's give vaccinations, antibiotics and medication to our children. They were not 
raised organically.)
Bath, Maine

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